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Show ? : 'J Woman's World " CONDUCTED BY HELENE VALEATJ. VALEAff'S ANSWERS. ZZS va)eau will reply to all Ques. ns" asked by the feminine readers of i ntermo'-ntain Catholic. The well i ti'iown character and authority Of her '-ieB need no Introduction to thoto -ready familiar with" her ability. MIm I va'eau will take a kindly and persona! I H 1 interest in those who write to her. and i i ?Pare no PaIna ln seeing that their B " f liia'ulrit' are answered fully and care-D care-D i' iiv Trlte only on one Bide of the P neper. Address letters to Miw Helen i I v'ileau, intermountaln Catholic ! A Thousand Miles Away. I can see the rolling prairie, With its wealth of waving grass. jjr.ar caressing west winds whisper j'lvstic secrets as they pass; ! Watch the distant snow-capped rnoun- t ' tains. i where Ion? trembling shadows lie, ! k While a field of molted glory Is the naming western sky. All tne "ven,nS ky is floooded In a sa of golden light, Where float argosies of cloudland, With their Bails of fleecy white, Ami my he.art is filled with worship, ' yov.-ed in adoration low, my ryos drink ln the beauty j Of the crimson sunset glow. ' ; 1 can see the merry squirrels. ' j pause and turn to eay "Good'night," f At the doorways of thoir dwellings, i Ere they hurry out of sight. Frmi a.f;sr comes cier.r the echo ' Of the coyoto's call so shrill, 5 jnd tlip frogs' hoarse chorus rises From the creek below the hill. Stampers' ears would scarce find mu-i mu-i sic In the Fweet, familiar sound, ' strangers' yep might see no beauty jj I in the treeless 6tretch of ground, j But to me. when 1 recall it. P i Tender, loving thoughts will come, jj ; For that far-off western prairie Was my care-free childhood home. X,nv I dwell amid the vails 1 Of Pacific's golden strand. And I know men 6ay that heaven Never richer dowered a land. ! . Put I turn oft to the picture '-. I love best in memory's tome, Fnr a golden glory lingers Round my childhood's prairie home. dS. M. A. The Secret of the Charming Woman. One must be unconscious of self in order to he considered charming. Following Fol-lowing the Golden Rule entitles a w.man to be called charming. She must he good or she cannot be charming, not on a long acquaintance. That is, where there is a lack of sincerity sin-cerity it is easily discovered, perhaps not in the course of a few visits, but lf.ter on. There is a difference In the true and the false ring of a coin. Think not to deceive. It Is Impossible. All exert an influence for good or evil upon those they come ln contact with. Why not let it le the former? It is much the happier way. A pleasant Impression never worked harm to any one and lingers ln the minds as long as the memory of the person lasts. A charm Id g woman takes a broad view of life. She cannot be narrow. She wounds not her friends with unkind un-kind words. If she chides, it is with a gentle manner. To deserve to be called a charming woman, one must be charming to women as well as to men, otherwise the charm would be a very one-sided thing, so to speak. It is easy to rharm a man in many cases, not so easy a woman. Js there a woman so unfortunate as not to he charming to some on? Selected. Se-lected. A Pertinent Question. What is the matter with so many of our young people who fail to get along, and yet they have every advantage that education and social position can Rive? How often do we hear this question asked by the grave elders who have a potent knowledge in their domestic do-mestic experiences whereof they ask? May we not, in truth, anuswer that the elders are to blame? They have striven to eive youth an education in which no-hcxiy no-hcxiy is- fitted for a low place and everybody every-body is taurht to look for a high one. N'owadr.ys the idea of being taught to tin a humble position in life is hardly entertained. All want to make their lives sublime, and, departing, leave big footsteps in the sands of time. It founds very fair, but It is a cheat. Humble employments are held in contempt. con-tempt. Teach our young people Chris-"inn Chris-"inn humility. Commence slowly the ; subordinate offices In life which they mu: t fill, and humble positions taught 'o respeet, to beautify and to glorify them in live,g of contented and glad in-o;;Hry. in-o;;Hry. Then, should fortune smile, all its advantages will be worthily added. -1'ittsburg Catholic. Looking . Pleasant. Why is it that most people, as they walk along the streets or ride ln tno ('trs, have such an unpleasant expres-sion? expres-sion? If one will observe even cas-nai;y cas-nai;y the pe.ople he meets ln a day he wiil be impressed with the pained and "u!!en and disagreeable countenances. Ye liv in a rush, and the average per-en per-en i? bent on some errand of business nid is absorbed in that; we are all running to get something or some v hMv. With this absorbing out attention atten-tion we haven't time to attend to our facial expression. We are not sure, h-nvover, that this 5s a matter of per-. Mis-sihie indifference. If one does not believe that his eowntc-nance adds to or detracts any-'hinp any-'hinp from the lives or expressions of others, let him pause for a moment be-fore be-fore that now celebrated "Billiken." jt is almost impossible to look at the ''?! imp and not smile. The Japan- teach their maids in the hotels, -'1 those also in higher walks of life, the art of smiling. They are compelled t" practice before a mirror. One can-'""i can-'""i stay long ln Japan without being inoculated with the disposition to "look I'leasant." The "look pleasant, please," "' the photographer goes deeper than the photograph plate. -'o one wants to associate long with :n animated vinegar cruet. A disposi t on is easily guessed from the angle of tl - corners of the mouth; a disposition is moulded by compelling those angles to turn up or down. If a merry heart "'i'ktth a glad countenance It is also true that a glad countenonce maketh a m rry heart in the one who has it and n the one who beholds it. "Iron shar-peneth shar-peneth iron. So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend." What Makes a Great Life? fro not try to do a great thing; you rnay waste all your life waiting for the "Pnortunity which may never come: ( Hut pince little things are always ' rlaiming your attention, do them as thf-y come, from a great motive, for the r.lory of God, to win His smile of approval ap-proval and to do good to men. It Is harder to plod on in obscurity, acting thus, than to stand on the high places 'J the field within a view of all, and do fi"P(ls of valor at which rival armies stand still to gaze. But no such act fc"'S without the swift recompense of Christ. To fulfill faithfully the duties of your station; to use to the uttermost the gifts of your ministry; to bear chafing and trivial irritations as martyrs mar-tyrs bore the pillory and the stake; to find the one noble trait ln people who try to molest you; to put the kindest construction on unkind acts and words; to love with the love of God evn the unthankful and evil; to be content to be a fountain in the midst of a wild valley of stones, nourishing a few lichens and wild flowers, or now and again a thirsty sheep; and to do this always, and not for the praise of man, but for the sake of God this makes a great life. Baths for Cold Feet. Those who suffer from habitual cold feet should take an alternative hot and cold foot bath morning and evening. Soak the feet In hot water at a temperature tem-perature of about 10S degrees or 110 degrees de-grees for two or three minutes, then dip them in cold water for half a minute, min-ute, then back Into the hot water for another two or three minutes, and continue con-tinue alternating five or six times, finally final-ly drying the feet from the cold water. This will stimulate the circulation and produce a glow of warmth in the feet that will be maintained for hours afterward. after-ward. Good Health. Toast as Medicine. "Did you ever wonder why toast la recommended for Invalids?" said a doctor. doc-tor. "The reason Is that toast Is pre-digested pre-digested bread. "What makes fresh bread trying for Invalids is the starch in It. "Starch is very hard to digest. It needs a good stomach to take hold of the soggy starch in bread and change it to strengthening, stimulating dextrin. dex-trin. "But when you cut brea dthin and toast it brown the fire itself changes the starch to dextrin. That, ln fact. Is what the brown color in toast indicates that the starch is gone and the dextrin has taken tis place. The stuff is pre-digested. pre-digested. "So we feed our Invalids on toast, a dish as thoroughly predlgested as any of the most famous breakfast foods." Queen of Belgium Noted for Charities ! Tho new Queen of Belgium S noted for her charity toward the poor and afflicted. af-flicted. She studied medicine as a girl and was graduated with the degree of M. D. at Leipslg, shortly before her marriage. The Metals. There are at least fifty-nine metals known to the chemist. . At the dawn of history there were only four copper, tin, gold and silver. Three more were ! added by ancient civilization iron, lead and mercury. -These seven were all all that were known to classic antiquity and for the first thousand years of the Christian era. It is believed that copper, cop-per, because found most abundantly in the pure state, was the first to attract the attention of primiive man. Tin was probably the second, the largest deposits being in those regions longest Inhabited Inhab-ited by the human race. Iron came into general use between a thousand. and fifteen fif-teen hundred years before the Christian era. Walking as An Exercise. The person who walks four miles a day, who can walk a mile in fifteen minutes without strain, is getting the benefit of the simplest, the cheapest, the readiest and one of the best forms of exercise. Walking may not be the complete exercise, but It is so nearly so that the habitual walker can keep himself him-self In good condition without anything else. To be able to strike out easily and naturally with a steady and swinging stride, to reel off miles without fatigue, is for the man or woman an accomplishment accomplish-ment to be envied. There is real pleasure pleas-ure in it when one learns. There is profit in It that is more than money. Way to Woman's Heart. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred romance rather than riches is the highway high-way to a woman's heart? If a woman is convinced that her husband loves her she is not afraid tj face poverty and hardship. Shabby clothes lose their sting and bitterness if the husband now and then makes a tender, sorrowful remark on the fact that his pretty little wife has to wear last year's fashion and out-of-date hats. It's the "going without" and the daily self-denial, year ln and year out, without anybody seeming to notice or care, which hardens the woman's heart. If only husbands knew how a few soft words to a wife will turn away her worry and console her for hard pinches which poverty gives her. they would not be so chary of giving them. If Ye Have Risen With Christ. Faith is vain, If Cnrlst be not risen from the dead. Even with Christ risen, faith Is vain, or, without solid ground of hope ln vast multitudes, who know of His Resurrection and affect to believe It. but who still fail to grasp its significance. signifi-cance. No man can accept this truth and live as if all were to end here. There is no end to life even in the grave, where our mortal remains await restoration res-toration to the spirit with new powers and new qualities exceeding the most extravagant conjecture. As life lengthens length-ens the struggle for existence grows more arduous. At one time or other every man quails at the menace of dissolution. dis-solution. Many even young lives are weary with the unequal contest. Some tire of life, others grow disgusted with it, many dissipate it. At best our stay here is brief, as swift as the flight of the arrow, and, when over, as trackless as a ship's furrow in the sea. Death faces, haunts, pursues us everywhere. But for a belief in Immortality, life would be a continuous dread of death. With this belief the sting of death is lost. One could reason out a belief in Immortality without the Resurrection; but for an abiding, energizing, triumphant faith, with well-founded hope of a happy immortality, im-mortality, the Risen Christ was needed. Not all men necessarily look forward with Joy to a future life unending; for not all know happiness in this life. But no one can believe: "I know that my Redeemeth liveth," without rejoicing in the prospect: "In the last day I shall rise out of the earth and I shall be clothed aain with my skin, and In my flesh I shall see my God. Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, be-hold, and not another; this my hope is laid up in my bosom." America. Origin of Flower Names. It is interesting to know how certain cer-tain flowers received their names. Many are named after people. For in-sance, in-sance, the fuchsias were so called because be-cause they were discovered by Leonard Fuchs. Dahlias were named after Andre An-dre Dah, who first brought them from Peru. The camelia received its name from a missionary named Kamel, who carried specimens of these flowers from Japan to France. The magnolia was named ln honor of Magnol de Mont-pelier. Mont-pelier. Other flowers' names are descriptive. Lady's slipper resembles a tiny slipper. The blossoms of lady's tresses are twisted like a braid of hair. The. flowers of the foxgloves are like the fingers of a glove. The name foxglove is said to be a corruption of folks' glove or fairy's glove. Aster means star, and received its name from the starlike rays of this flowers. Daisy is really day's eye. Dandelion Dan-delion means lion's tooth. Anemone means wind flower. The anemone 13 so delicately poised that it trembles in the slightest breeze. Morning glories bloom only in tho morning, and four o'clocks not until that hour ln the afternoon. Twelve Hundred Men. Twelve hundred men, at the request of a Dominican priest, last evening stood up in Holy Angels' church ln Buffalo, Buf-falo, N. T., raised their right hands r.nd sol-mnly vowed that hereafter they would refrain from using the Holy Name ln any other than a reverent rev-erent manner, and that they would do all in their power to Influence all other persons. Irrespective of their religion, re-ligion, to do likewise. It was the first time that any pledge of this kind ever was made in a Buffalo Buf-falo church in such circumstances, and was the culmination of a week's mission mis-sion for men which has been held at this church by the Dominican Fathers. Holy Angels' church Is one of the largest Catholic churches In Buffalo, and, now that it has set this example, it Is believed other churches will do likewise. Right to the Point. The late General Russell Hastings served with distinction in the civil war, and his war-time reminiscences were amusing. He was describing one day a time when the soldiers' pay had been in arrears.. ar-rears.. "A young westerner, full of braggadocio," bragga-docio," he taid, "walked up to his captain cap-tain during the temporary trouble, saluted sa-luted and said sternly: " 'Three words with you. cap.' " 'Well?' said the captain, 'What are they?' " 'Money or discharge.' "The captain smiled grimly. " "Four with you,' he said. "'Well?' " 'Neither one nor t'other.' " Early Handshake. How many people know the origin of an act which they perform when they meet a friend? According to a French ethnologist, whenever two men met in former times they were accustomed to hold up their right hands in front of them as a sign that they had no intention inten-tion of attacking each other. This mark of confidence, however, did not prove sufficient In all cases, for a man may hold up his right hand and yet, if he keeps it closed, huve a weapon weap-on concealed ln it. Therefore, it became be-came the custom for the two right hands to grasp each other, as only thus could full assurance be given that no weapon was concealed in either of them. Oldest Ambassador. Believed to be the oldest ambassador in Europe, Senor Martins d'Antas, who represented Portugal at ."the Vatican, died at Rome. He was ninety-one years of age and has held his post at tho Vatican for fourteen years. Ocean Daily Paper Flourishes. Travelers have no need to be without the day's news of the world nowadays, and the great financiers, like Mr. Morgan, Mor-gan, would have no end of difficulty in escaping from the knowledge of the fluctuations of Wall street while aboard Bhip. The circulation of the Cunard Daily Bulletin on the steamship Lusltania is over 2,000 a day now, and has reached 2,500. This can no longer be called a little sheet. It is quite an ambitious one. There are thirty-two pages, ten inches by six. It is excellently printed on fine glazed paper and sells at 5 cents. It goes to press at 1 a. m. and is ready for the breakfast table like the papers ashore. Many passengers have it delivered de-livered to their berths and read the day's news before they get up. No longer does the ocean daily contain con-tain only the doings on board the vessel cn which It is published. Practically everything of news value in the whole world appears ln the ocean dallies as soon as it is printed in the dailies on land. For instance, on the voyage during dur-ing the English general election, full returns were printed every morning of the results announced down to the previous pre-vious night. Moreover, the ocean daily often gets news that the land dailies cannot get, for the liners are in touch with one another as well as in touch with land all the way across the ocean, and each vessel supplies items of news about itself and its passengers. Extract from Chicago Record-Herald, February 27. 1310. The King of Denmark. The dust of the Danish kings is kept in a great cathedral at Roskilde, an old town twenty miles from Copenhagen. Every year the entire royal family always al-ways pay a visit to Roskilde in obedience obedi-ence to an ancient custom. On one of the pillars are marks showing the height of Peter the Great, Nicholas the Iron Czar, Alexander III of Russia, the king of England and many other kings. The cathedral was built In the eleventh elev-enth century. It has two mighty towers, tow-ers, which can be seen at a lonsr distance. dis-tance. The oldest grave Is that of King Herod I, who died in 987. Bishop Garrigan's Diocese. There are 59.000 Catholics in the diocese dio-cese of Sioux City, in the state of Iowa, which comprises 14,518 square miles, according ac-cording to the 1910 Catholic directory Just Issued. The Increase over last year is over 2,000. Statute of a Newspaper Man. A newspaper man will have a statue erected in his honr at the national capital. capi-tal. If a bill Introduced March 11 by Representative Douglas of Ohio, appropriating appro-priating $20,000 for that purpose, becomes be-comes a law. The man whom it is proposed pro-posed to honor was Januarius Aloysius MacGahan, whose descriptions of the atrocities practiced upon Bulgarians by the Turks attracted the attention of William E. Gladstone, resulted in En glish recognition of Bulgaria's freedom and won for their author the title of "The Liberator of the Bulgarians." MacGahan was a correspondent for the London Daily News at Constantinople. He died there in 1878, and In 1884 his body was brought to America at the expense of this government and Interred ln Ohio, his native state. The Bulgarians celebrate his memory annually with a requiem mass. $80,000 Cathedral Opens Debt Free. The new St. Mary's cathedral, Woodstock, Wood-stock, 111., the erection of which was begun last year under the direction of Rev. M. S. Gilmartin. then pastor of St. Mary's but now of Holy Name, Chicago, Chi-cago, was dedicated Sunday week, Pontifical Pon-tifical high mass being sunk by Right Rev. Peter J. Muldoon, bishop of Rock-ford, Rock-ford, assisted by nunre?ous priests of the diocese. The new St. Mary's is the most pretentious pre-tentious Catholic edifice in a city of this size outside of Chicago. It has a seating capacity of 600, and was erected at a cost of about $S0,000, and was dedicated dedi-cated practically free of debt. Catholicity in the Belgian Congo. The missionaries of the Belgian Congo, Con-go, In a letter which has been made public, state that 325 missionaries and 130 sisters are devoting themselves to the work In the Congo, where at present there are 35,270 Christians and 74.0S0 catechumens. . ' Just a. fair amount of persistence-half persistence-half enough to win at most other things and your classified advertising campaign will sell'' your property. j |